To crop an image into a circle, add it above, then use the sliders to zoom and to place your subject inside the circle. The largest circle that fits the picture is the starting point, so nothing is stretched. You can add a border in any colour and choose from three sizes. The download is a square PNG whose corners are transparent, so the circle sits cleanly on any page, slide or video thumbnail. Circle crops are mostly used for profile pictures, team pages, logos and icons. The whole job runs in your browser, so your picture isn’t uploaded.
How to make a circle crop
- Drop your image on the box, or tap “Choose image”.
- Zoom in if the subject is small, then move the circle over it.
- Choose a size, and a border if you want one.
- Download the PNG.
Tips for a good round picture
- Leave a little room. A circle cuts off more at the corners than a square does, so faces cropped tightly lose hair and chin.
- Start from a larger original. Zooming in uses fewer of its pixels, so a small picture zoomed in will look soft at 1024 × 1024.
- Use a border to separate it. On a busy page, a thin white or coloured ring helps the circle stand out.
- Try a plain background. Remove a messy one first with the background remover or use a white background, then crop the result.
Square or circle?
Many platforms display your profile picture as a circle anyway, even if you upload a square, so check how yours behaves before adding a transparent crop. If a site needs a plain square, use resize image and its 400 × 400 preset. To embed the finished circle on a web page, you can upload it and get a direct link. The PNG keeps its transparent corners.